working part-time self employed

Hi All, Update on our electric situation.

We had the light fitting done today.Everthing OK there. However, the Electrians could not test the lights as the electric not working, contary to what Polaris have told us in numerous emails.

They have said meter is connected,(connection fee has been taken from our bank account  at the end of January )  No problem. But there  is !!      ( which I have told them on numerous occassions )

Our keyholder has been checking on a regular basis, not a flicker or sound from the cooker hood ! I have therefore       telephoned   them  earlier today and sent an offical email  of complaint tonight.

Keep you posted

Paul & Jane which block are you in?

We've have similar promises from Polaris. Easter's looking cold for us

Regds

Mike

Hi Mike,

We are in Jenbibre 2, next to Jara 2 , facing the Hacienda/ 18th hole.

Going out at easter, supposed to be staying in apartment, but if no gas/electric not sure what we will be doing!!

Jane

Hi Paulandjane

I am out easter on phase 4 salvia 1 completed on the 4th feb and been waiting for utilities to be connected had email from polaris they inform not much chance of being connected for easter its a bloody lottery.

as for purchasing items of furniture at easter is a no go as easter in spain is a complete shut down.

keep your chin up

Redray

HarrynHelen - thanks for putting my mind at rest about getting lights fitted with no electricity.

Mike - we are in Phase 5 Tomillo which looks out at the 1st green looking away from the rest ohe resort. Polaris World's most recent  e-mail re my utilities - "I can confirm that the gas meter has been connected and you have a builders supply of water, which you will retain until your meter is connected" Has anybody else heard of this? Does this mean I need to buy a bucket and make friends with the builders in case I want to do some dishes or go to the toilet!?

Redray - The Easter shutdown is worrying me as we are getting furniture delivered on Saturday 22nd and Monday 24th. I did mention that it was Easter weekend when we made the arrangements so fingers crossed.

We are going out from 21st - 26th March but will probably stay at La Torre the whole time to save any hassle.

Stuart

If anything, it's easier installing lights without the power on.  We've just have the A/C for the bedrooms installed without power.....although the installers did come back ythe next day with their own portable generator to carry out the commissioning.

As far as I was concerned, it was also safer putting up pictures and mirrors without electricity,  I knew I wasn't going to go zzzapp!!

Any miscalculations will become apparent soon enough!!

Builder's water is just like ordinary Spanish water, (to misquote Crocodile Dundee, "you can drink it, but it tastes like...")  but it's free!  At least you can use the loo!!!!!

John

Builders supply just means its free, you don't get charged for it I believe.

We received this e-mail today,

Easter's a much bigger event in Spain.

If it's anything like last year avoid the IKEA estate, it was manic

Hi Everyone,

After many emails/phone calls to PW our electric is on !!! Hurray!!

No gas yet though.

All utilities connected but boiler not yet working properly. No constant hot water changes from hot to cold and back to hot in a matter of minutes. Only seems to happen when using shower .

Anyone with any ideas?.

Woods

Woods...you need to report it to PW call centre to be fixed.  Its nothing you are doing....its a similar problem to what a number of folks on La Torre had,and some still have, with their boilers and/or flues. Neeeds PW and the Roca boiler folks to sort it. et your keyholder to keep nagging them until its fixed. Seems to be a common fault with these boilers on installation judging by the number on La Torre...and I suspect you are just the first of many to experience this particular one.

The boilers used are combi boilers which basically only heat water when you need it....so it takes a while to run hot anyway (seems strange for a country where water is in short supply that there is so much wasted before you can use it) and the water pressure is affected greatly by someone turning on another tap or flushing the loo. The problem at La Torre was that the water fluctuated hot then cold for a few seconds and then back to hot...the boiler didn't go off or anything...just the temperature changed. It is obviously more noticeable when showering, but I suggest that all hot supply is the same fluctation even from taps if you check carefully.

Roca and PW sorted ours by changing some part in the boiler. Some folks have had their flue changed also for this or a similar problem.

The main issue with problems of this type are that until you spend  some length of time at your property you dont know you have a problem. You try the shower and it seems to work...run the taps, they work...tick the box...etc